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About the Stigma Index

The People Living with HIV Stigma Index provides a tool that measures and detects changing trends in relation to stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with HIV. In the initiative, the process is just as important as the product. It aims to address stigma relating to HIV while also advocating on the key barriers and issues perpetuating stigma - a key obstacle to HIV treatment, prevention, care and support.

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Malaysia PLHIV stigma index highlights human rights abuses

30 Oct 2013

In the area of rights, laws and policies pertaining to PLHIV, it was found that majority of the respondents had very little knowledge with regards to their rights.

The findings showed that a proportion of respondents reported that they were forced to undergo medical procedures against their will including HIV testing (13.1%), were denied health or life insurance (9.8%), had been being arrested or charged in court due to their HIV status (1.2%), had been forced to disclose HIV status in order to enter another country (2.1%) or apply for residence (2.1%) and 4.3% had been detained, quarantined, isolated or segregated due to being HIV+